You can do that with Twitter list, too.  So, instead of getting the RSS feed
for a single profile at a time, you can get a single feed for a group of
profiles.  You have to set up your own lists, though.

 

 

From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:15 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Tip: Twitter via RSS

 

Many of you mentioned in this thread you have no idea how, nor a desire to
use Twitter.

Well, I am somewhat in that boat, but there ARE some
people/companies/industry groups I wish to follow.

 

For those that use RSS (If you're a Systems Admin, you should be), here is a
neat trick to follow a Twitter account in an RSS feed:

Find a Twitter handle you wish to follow, and paste this into your feed
reader: http://api.twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=
<http://api.twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=%5bTwitterAcc
ountName> [TwitterAccountName]

 

Some IT related companies post quality and useful information via Twitter,
like outages and patches

Dell announces their Outlet sales via Twitter, for example.

 

My company is in the Digital Signage Industry, and many of my roles here
overlap into that space, so I follow a lot of Twitter feeds related to
what's new in the industry - and I learn TONS.  Great way to stay informed
and up to speed.

 

I have a few friends I follow as well.  

 

My point: you don't need to be ON Twitter or have an account to utilize it.

 

Food for thought.


Sam

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:17 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Social media and real life

 

So.guys on the local radio station are talking about the Olympics and that
"it's nearly impossible to watch the delayed coverage of the Olympics
without knowing the results first, thanks to Twitter and other social
media..". Hmm..not for me.

 

I follow exactly nobody on Twitter, and am on Facebook not even every day
and don't even have a smartphone ($30/mo addtl' for the data plan). Does
this put me behind the curve these days? I'm guessing the smartphone is
where I am behind the curve the most?

 

Damn, I didn't want to turn into one of those old, out of touch guys.

David Lum 
Systems Engineer // NWEATM
Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764

 

 

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